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Once more comes that time to update your resources library and bookmarks with some of the hottest design items out there! Today we're featuring a lot of awesome icons and some great PSD website templates for your next project!
These are really great items for you to choose from. These icons will go smoothly with most projects you'll design and these templates will get you started right on track. Don't forget to share this post with your fellow designers! I hope you enjoy this selection! Cheers. ;)
Icons
PSD Website Templates
Agata Bielen: Free PSD magazine template
Pasco: A free PSD multipurpose template
New Providence: Free landing page HTML + PSD

Sharing knowledge is an amazing way to equip the world with the tools to evolve. Many designers use free information they find around the web to learn how to design, code, paint, etc. Thankfully, today there are plenty people out there willing to share their knowledge with everyone, like the folks at UXPin.
They write and share e-books about design and its processes, really worth checking out and not to be underestimated. Here is a brief selection of their books that you should really read, going from UX Design to Design trends. I hope you enjoy these e-books, and don't forget to share your own knowledge whenever you get the chance!
The Building Blocks of Visual Hierarchy
Designing Visually Intuitive Web UI
See how to design visually intuitive interfaces for the web.
Learn how size, colors, space, layout, and style affect visual understanding.
Get quick tips for designing clear visual hierarchies.
18 examples of the best sites analyzed from companies like MailChimp & RelateIQ.
GET THE BOOK
Winning Over Users With Attractive UI Design
Tips, Examples, And Principles For Captivating Design
See how to design visually intuitive interfaces for the web.
Learn how size, colors, space, layout, and style affect visual understanding.
Get quick tips for designing clear visual hierarchies.
18 examples of the best sites analyzed from companies like MailChimp & RelateIQ.
GET THE BOOK
Web Design Book of Trends 2015-2016
The Best Web UI Techniques Every Designer Must Know.
10 timeless trends completely explained with plenty of tips
166 hand-picked examples showing the best techniques
100 of our favorite design resources curated for you
Dozens of visual case studies revealing the methods behind eye candy
And more!
GET THE BOOK
Web UI Design Best Practices
UI Design From The Experts
In-depth explanation of techniques spanning visual design, interface design, and UX design
Visuals and analysis of UI design from 33 companies including LivingSocial, Spotify, Apple, Skullcandy, and more
Discussion of how to incorporate UI elements such as color, navigation, typography, hierarchy, patterns, and more
Easy-to-read, practical approach that teaches by example
GET THE BOOK
Web UI Design Patterns
A Deeper Look At the Hottest Websites and Web Apps Today
Learn proven design solutions from the best companies out there today
Carefully selected 63 web UI design patterns, almost 200 pages!
Thorough yet concise: user problems followed by the design solution and illustrated examples
GET THE BOOK
UX DESIGN FOR STARTUPS
A must read for any startup or grown-up company that wishes to keep its startup spirit and conquer the world with stunning UX Design.
127 pages of real-life based advice
List of +60 UX Design Tools
GET THE BOOK

I thought it would be a good idea to find more freebies around the web for you guys. These are some very useful UI Kits for those moment when you're out of ideas and need to make a quick layout.
There are tons of great stuff all over the web and I think it's good to have some of them in one place for when you need it. These are quality kits that you'll definitely find good use for. Also, if you've found any good freebies around and would like to share it with us, leave a comment! I hope you enjoy it. Cheers! ;)
Human After All - Free UI Kit
Flatty UI Kit
Flat UI Freebie
Free UI Kit
SmoothBerry - Free UI Kit
Freebie PSD - UI Kit
Free UI Kit
Metro Wes UI Kit
Caramel UI Kit

Time for more great freebies for you! This time I've made a brief selection of some top-notch website templates that look simply amazing, and I've also selected a couple UI Kits, because that's never too much.
Thanks to the designers behind these freebies! These will definitely come handy in some of our next projects. To download these, click the images and visit the download page. Also, if you want to share your own freebies or any other you might have saved in your bookmarks, let us know! The community will appreciate it. Cheers! ;)
Apptastico
Flatic UserInterface Kit
Free Color UI Kit
Peach Up
Anhiora
Modus Versus
Acrostia
Flat Design UI Components

One of the best things about designers these days is that they are really open minded about sharing their knowledge and are very giving. Some of them come up with full sets of icons and UI Kits to giveaway, which is just awesome!
So I've selected some of the best free sets around to share with you! There are tons of icons, UI Kits and even mockups for you to use in your next project. Kudos for these guys for doing such a great work on these amazing design pieces. These are quality resources for real!! I hope you enjoy them. Cheers! ;)
Icons
Sketch icon set
Streamline
90 Flat circle icons
Flat icons
Linecons - 48 vector icons
44 shades of free icons
60 icons
Line icon set
+60 Othericons.com
168 icons
Colorful icons
160 simple line icons
Geomicons
40 Social Media Flat Icons
Mini Glyphs
47 Flat Icons
Dripicons
Flat icons
Weather icons
Flat icons
WomanLog icons
Icons + UI Kit
iOS7 Style - ui/ux kit
UI Kits
iPhone iOS7 UI Kit PSD
Sign in widget
Flat UI Kit
Light UI Kit
Black UI Kit
Icons + Mockups
Basiliq Freehand UI Kit
Mockups
iOS7 Home Screen
iPhone 5 angle
App screen
iPhone 6 wrap around screen

I have been using my iPad pretty much for consuming media like reading book, watching videos and surfing the web since last April when I spent the night in line in San Francisco to get it. However when it comes to create something using the iPad I always found that it wasn't the right tool, even answering emails was a bit annoying. But there is one app that has changed my mind a little, it's called iFontMaker.
iFontMaker™ is the first font editor exclusive for iPad™. With iPad touch interface, your 100% original hand typeface can be done in 5 minutes. You can email the typography or convert it into a TTF file available in all applications such as Adobe® CreativeSuite™, Microsoft® Office™ for Mac™ and Windows™, and also in your web site as a web font!
With iFontMaker you can create your own font in minutes, it's really simple and easy to use and it's perfect to create your handwriting font to use in projects instead of using other free fonts, if you have a beautiful handwriting, which is not my case.
So in this post I will show you how I created the Abduzeedo Handwriting Font. In the end you will be able to download my font for free.
Step 1
Open iFontMaker and start a new font. Just click on the plus icon [+] located in the sidebar. The UI of the app is very straightforward, you will have the characters at the top and then right below them a big preview of the character you selected. Another cool thing is that it gives you a character outline so you can use as reference when creating yours.
Step 2
Click on the A and draw the letter A with your finger. Then repeate the same thing for the others.
Step 3
Another great feature is that you can adjust the stroke type and radius in order to make your font bolder or lighter, with or without rounded corners
Step 4
Once you have set the right stroke start creating the whole alphabet, including the symbols and other special characters you might need.
Step 5
Once you have all the characters and symbols click on the icon at the top right to create your TTF font. The font will be built and available for download at 2TTF.com.
Conclusion and Download the font
The whole process of creating my handwritting font didn't take more than 20 minutes. I didn't spend much time trying to make it super perfect, it was just an exercise and it worked surprisingly well. Now if you have an iPad I highly recommend you to get this app and give it a try.